Brighton and Hove

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City of Brighton and Hove

Geography
Status:	Unitary authority, City (2000)
Region:	South East England
Historic County:	Sussex
admin. county:	East Sussex
Area: - Total	Ranked 234th 33.80 sq mi (87.54 km²)
Admin. HQ:	Hove
ONS code:	00ML
Demographics
Population: - Total (2007 est.) - Density	Ranked 45th 253,500 7,880 /sq mi (3,040 /km²)
Ethnicity:	91.4% White 3.0% S.Asian 2.2% Mixed Race 1.6% Black 1.8% Chinese and other ^[1]
Politics
Brighton and Hove City Council http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Control:	NOC (Conservative administration)
MPs:	Celia Barlow (L) David Lepper (L)/(Co-op) Desmond Turner (L)

Brighton and Hove (or Brighton & Hove) is a unitary authority area and city on the south coast of England. It is England's most populous seaside city.

It was formed as a unitary authority area on 1 April 1997 by the merger of the East Sussex districts of Brighton and Hove. It immediately applied for and was granted borough status. In 2000 it was awarded city status by letters patent, together with two other UK towns, to mark the Millennium. Thus Brighton and Hove is not part of the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, but it is still part of the ceremonial county of East Sussex.

Brighton and Hove forms part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation, the 12th largest conurbation in the United Kingdom. Along this area of the south coast, there is little or no gap of countryside between these large towns and city. Directly to the west is Shoreham-by-Sea, and a short distance to the east are Peacehaven and Newhaven. The city, district and urban areas of Brighton and Hove have the biggest populations in the South East England region.

Brighton and Hove themselves were results of amalgamations:

Brighton was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1854, later becoming a county borough under the Local Government Act 1888; it covered the parish of Brighton and part of Preston
Hove became a local board of health in the late 19th century, originally covering the parish of Hove
in 1893 the parish of Aldrington was added to Hove local board
Hove became incorporated as a municipal borough in 1898
Hangleton, Preston Rural and West Blatchington added to Hove in 1928
Ovingdean, Patcham and Rottingdean added to Brighton in 1928
Portslade-by-Sea added to Hove in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 : both Brighton and Hove became non-metropolitan districts of East Sussex

The football team, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., predates the unification of the two boroughs by ninety six years.

On 15 October 2004, Brighton and Hove was granted Fairtrade City status.

[edit] Council and directorates

The leader of the council is Conservative, Mary Mears. The current mayor of Brighton and Hove is Councillor Ann Norman. The Acting Chief Executive is Alex Bailey. There are six directorates in the council structure see here for details.

The Council has twelve Green Party councillors (out of 54 councillors). Bill Randall heads the Greens on the council and represents Hanover & Elm Grove Ward. The Council has two Liberal Democrat Councillors, Paul Elgood and David Watkins from Brunswick & Adelaide ward.

Brighton Pier at sunset

Hove promenade facing towards Brighton

Flats in Ashton Rise, between the Hanover area and the seafront

[edit] Council priorities

Introduced in June 2008, the council's corporate priorities are:

protect the environment whilst growing the economy
better use of public money
reduce inequality by increasing opportunities
fair enforcement of the law
open and effective city leadership

[edit] Towns and districts

The city of Brighton and Hove comprises the following areas (not necessarily directly corresponding to administrative wards or parishes):

former borough of Brighton

Black Rock, Brighton

Kemptown — built up around a self-contained development of 1823, Kemp Town

The Lanes

Marina

Moulsecoomb

New England Quarter - a large new mixed-use development

Saltdean (West)

Withdean, East Sussex

Woodingdean

former borough of Hove

Aldrington

Brunswick — developed in a similar manner to Kemp Town (see above)

[edit] Census

The first census of Brighton was in 1801.

The resident population of Brighton and Hove at the 2001 census was 247,817 persons, comprising 114,479 households: 48.4% male, 51.5% female.

In the same census, Brighton and Hove had the highest percentage of citizens indicating their religion as Jedi among all principal areas of England and Wales).[1]

[edit] Wording of the Letters Patent

The Letters Patent of 2000 that confers City status is worded thus:

ELIZABETH the SECOND BY THE GRACE OF GOD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND & OF OUR REALMS & TERRITORIES QUEEN HEAD OF THE COMMON WEALTH DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.
To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Whereas We for divers good causes and considerations Us thereunto moving are graciously pleased to confer on the Towns of Brighton and Hove the status of a city Now Therefore Know Ye that We of Our especial grace and favour and mere motion do by these Presents ordain declare and direct that the TOWNS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE shall henceforth have the status of a CITY and shall have all such rank liberties privileges and immunities as are incident to a City. In witness whereof We have caused Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the thirty first day of January in the forty ninth year of our reign.

By Warrant under The Queens Sign Manual Phillips.

[edit] Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Brighton and Hove at current basic prices published (pp.240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added^[2]	Agriculture^[3]	Industry^[4]	Services^[5]
1995	2,656	3	407	2,246
2000	3,101	3	378	2,721
2003	3,952	4	476	3,472

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[edit] See also

See the Brighton and Hove articles for descriptions of the twin towns, and the Brighton and Hove category for further articles about places and things in the district.

List of Grade I listed buildings in Brighton and Hove
List of notable Brighton and Hove inhabitants
Brighton and Hove City Centre
Brighton and Hove Issues Forum - Local discussion forum

[edit] External links

Brighton and Hove at the Open Directory Project
"Brighton & Hove City Council". http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/. Retrieved on 2007-08-20.
"Brighton & Hove in Pictures". http://www.citylibraries.info/pictures/. Retrieved on 2007-08-20.
Map Of Brighton & Hove Interactive map of Brighton & Hove, with locations of businesses and other points of interest

Coordinates: 50°49′40″N 0°09′10″W / 50.82778°N 0.15278°W / 50.82778; -0.15278

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[edit] Council and directorates

[edit] Council priorities

[edit] Towns and districts

[edit] Census

[edit] Wording of the Letters Patent

[edit] Economy

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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